S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8421--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 26, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and
   Families -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to reporting data
   on child welfare preventive services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  409-a  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. (A) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL  COLLECT  THE
 FOLLOWING DATA REGARDING PREVENTIVE SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED NINE OF THIS TITLE, AND COMPILE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON SUCH DATA BY
 LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT:
   (I)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RECEIVING PREVENTIVE
 SERVICES AT THE END OF EACH MONTH;
   (II) THE TOTAL ANNUAL NUMBER OF  UNDUPLICATED  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILIES
 RECEIVING  PREVENTIVE  SERVICES  INCLUDING HOW MANY NEW PREVENTIVE CASES
 WERE OPENED DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTI-
 CABLE, THE REFERRAL SOURCE FOR EACH NEW CASE;
   (III) THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME PREVENTIVE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FOR
 EACH CHILD OR FAMILY DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR, AS WELL  AS  AN
 INDICATION OF WHETHER SUCH CASE HAD BEEN CLOSED DURING SUCH YEAR;
   (IV)  A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE SERVICES AND THEIR UTILIZATION RATE IN
 EACH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT  WHICH  UTILIZE  PREVENTIVE  SERVICE
 FUNDING  AS  ALLOWABLE  UNDER  SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE-K OF THIS
 CHAPTER;
   (V) A DESCRIPTIVE LIST, AND THEIR UTILIZATION RATE IF PRACTICABLE,  OF
 OTHER  PREVENTIVE  SERVICES PROVIDED BY A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT
 THAT DOES NOT UTILIZE PREVENTIVE SERVICE FUNDING PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE-K OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,
 OTHER  PREVENTIVE  SERVICES  SHALL  INCLUDE  PRIMARY PREVENTIVE SERVICES
 WHICH MAY BE FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY OPTIONAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES FUND-
 ING, HOME VISITING FUNDS OR OTHER FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16485-02-0

 S. 8421--A                          2
 
   (VI) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ENTERED FOSTER CARE  DURING  THE
 PRECEDING  CALENDAR  YEAR  WHO  HAD  RECEIVED PREVENTIVE SERVICES AT ANY
 POINT DURING THE TWELVE-MONTHS PRIOR TO THEIR ENTRY  INTO  FOSTER  CARE;
 AND
   (VII)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  THE COMMISSIONER MAY DEEM NECESSARY TO
 INCLUDE IN SAID REPORT.
   (B) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  SUBMIT  SUCH
 REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRES-
 IDENT  OF  THE SENATE, THE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE CHIL-
 DREN AND FAMILIES COMMITTEES, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY  WAYS  AND
 MEANS  COMMITTEE  AND  THE  CHAIRPERSON  OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
 STARTING NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE.  SUCH
 REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE DATA AND INFORMATION REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR,  TO  THE  EXTENT  SUCH
 INFORMATION  IS  AVAILABLE.  WHEN PRACTICABLE, SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE
 DISAGGREGATED BY AGE, SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY.
   (C) THE INITIAL REPORT SHALL INCLUDE THE AFOREMENTIONED DATA FROM  THE
 PRECEDING TWO CALENDAR YEARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.